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In January I read:
1. Vampire Academy1/22/09
2. Frostbite1/26/09
3. Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, Book 3)1/27/09
4. Midnight Sun1/30/09
In February I read:
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants2/4/09
6. The Tales of Beedle the Bard2/13/09
7. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood2/13/09
8. Girls in Pants2/16/09
9. Uglies2/19/09
10. Dark Lover2/19/09
11. Forever in Blue The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood2/21/09
12. Pretties2/24/09
In March I read:
13. A Wrinkle in Time3/3/09
14. The Lucky One3/8/09
15. Eragon3/8/09
16. Specials3/12/09
17. Lover Eternal3/14/09
18. Confessions of a Shopaholic3/16/09
19. Stardust3/18/09
20. Lover Awakened3/20/09
21. Hunted3/25/09
22. Lover Revealed3/25/09
23. One for the Money3/26/09
24. Twilight3/27/09
In April I read:
25. Bridget Jones's Diary4/1/09
26. Lover Unbound4/1/09
27. The Secret Life of Bees4/9/09
28. Lover Enshrined4/10/09
29. Romeo and Juliet4/13/09
30. Good in Bed4/26/09
So, I'm one week into May and I haven't finished one book! *bad Linda* So, Fiona gave me an idea to make a list for what books you should read that month. In order to make my goal of 100 books before next year, I need to read 8.75 books a month from this point forward. Here is my list for May... hopefully I will do okay:
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4. Anne of Green Gables
5. The Graveyard Book Page 35/312
6. The Girls from Ames A Story of Women and Friendship Page 18/320
7. Eldest Page 9/704
8. Little Women Page 229/592
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In May I read:
31. I Capture the Castle5/11/09
32. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy5/13/09
33. Lover Avenged5/17/09
34. Ink Exchange5/21/09
35. The Au Pairs5/28/09
I got 5 books read in May, I will try to finish another one this weekend and then I will post my list for next month, which will include the ones from above that I didn't finish and some others. :)
Thanks! I don't know if there is another way to do it, but I go to 'my account', then widgets, and I believe it is the second one down. You can sort by order you finished the books, or however you want and it creates a collage. I tend to just do one at a time as I finish them, so I put date I read as the sorting factor, then 1 as the amount of books. Usually it posts with a bunch of extra html, so I just delete that part from my comment until it's just the picture of the book left... :)
I'm going to try to read 12 books this month to make up for being short last month. I didn't finish a book until half way through the month last month, but I am half way through 3 books, so hopefully that will help.
Here is June's list:
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2.
3. Eldest Page 73/704
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7. The Book of Lost Things Page 5/339
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9. The Golden Compass Page 269/399
10. The Subtle Knife Page 3/326
11. The Amber Spyglass
12. The Book Thief
In June I read:
36. The Graveyard Book6/2/09
37. Little Women6/5/09
38. Graceling6/12/09
39. The Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread6/14/09
40. Ella Enchanted6/18/09
41. Anne of Green Gables6/19/09
42. The Fellowship of the Ring6/22/09
43. To Kill a Mockingbird6/24/09
44. Pride and Prejudice6/26/09
I have a challenge to finish. Here is a list of the books I still need to read in order to finish my challenge. I will be listening to audiobooks because I am having problems with my eyes, so wish me luck!
Here is July's list:
1. Eldest Page 145/704
2. The Book of Lost Things Page 5/339
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4.
5. The Book Thief
6.
7. Homecoming
8.
9. Beyond the Chocolate War
10. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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12.
In July I read:
45. The Golden Compass7/1/09
46. The Subtle Knife7/6/09
47. The Amber Spyglass7/9/09
48. A Little Princess7/14/09
49. City of Bones7/14/09
50. Evermore7/19/09
51. A Great and Terrible Beauty7/21/09
52. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone7/26/09
53. City of Ashes7/30/09
54. Eldest7/31/09
The audiobooks are helping me a lot lately. I have been having problems with my eyes (I think caused from reading too much), so I haven't been reading any printed books. It's very hard because I love reading. I have my doctor's appointment tomorrow, so hopefully I will be able to get reading glasses and go back to reading printed books. :)
Thank you! I greatly miss curling up in bed with a book. I will let you all know how it goes at the doctor's tomorrow and what the outcome is.
Linda, i understand. Listening to an audiobook is not the same as reading the book. Hopefully you will be able to see a doctor. You have to take care of your eyes, read with good illumination is the key!. take care.
Well, I'm now nearsighted and have to wear glasses which I will receive in 2 weeks. I asked the doctor if it's okay for me to read and he said, "Of course!" He said it was caused by working in front of a computer all day. I have 20/60 vision without corrective lenses...
Why don't you try an electronic reader? The e-ink technology is awesome, it doesn't hurt your eyes one bit, and you can increase the size of the fonts to make your reading easier.
I have one, and I love it!
I'm thinking about asking for one for my birthday, but I tend to go to the library more often than buy books. If I switch to Kindle, I have to purchase each book instead of checking them out from the library. I adore the idea though. If only they had a Kindle library...
Linda Grace wrote: "Well, I'm now nearsighted and have to wear glasses which I will receive in 2 weeks. I asked the doctor if it's okay for me to read and he said, "Of course!" He said it was caused by working in fr..."
That stinks, I'm only a little bit farsighted, but that's because it's hereditary.
Linda Grace, you can download all the classics for free at www.gutenberg.org.
The Kindle is not the only option, I have a Hanlin V3, and it reads almost any text format you can think off, plus html.
Spiderlily2 wrote: "great job! hey, how do you put pictures and stuff on your messages? "
An easier way to do it is to click on add book/author, search for the book you want, and then at the bottom of the screen click cover instead of link! Much easier!
In August I plan to read:
1. J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
2. Something Borrowed
3. The Girls from Ames A Story of Women and Friendship
4. Love in the Time of Cholera
5. Chasing the Horizon Our Adventures Through the British Isles and France
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In August I read:
55. The Hunger Games8/9/09
56. City of Glass8/9/09
57. The Black Dagger Brotherhood An Insider's Guide8/17/09
58. Wicked Lovely8/21/09
59. Fragile Eternity8/28/09
In September I plan to read:
1.
2. Something Borrowed
3. The Girls from Ames A Story of Women and Friendship
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5. The First Man in Rome
6. Chasing the Horizon Our Adventures Through the British Isles and France
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8. A Northern Light
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In September I read:
60. Blue Moon9/1/09
61. Girl with a Pearl Earring9/2/09
62. The Host9/10/09
63. Rebel Angels9/17/09
64. Marked9/18/09
65. Blood Promise9/22/09
66. Catching Fire9/27/09
67. The Sweet Far Thing9/30/09
Yeah, it went really fast. I also finished another book this morning, Girl with a Pearl Earring, but it was an audiobook with only 4 hours. :)
In October I plan to read:
1. Chosen
2. Untamed
3. Hunted
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6. Curse
7. Inkheart
8. Inkspell
9. Inkdeath
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So far in October I have finished:
68. Betrayed10/4/09
69. Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason10/7/09
70. The Last Song10/12/09
71. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan10/16/09
72. Fire10/21/09
73. Watchmen10/25/09
74. Witch10/27/09
In November I plan to read:
Untamed
Hunted
Tempted
Shadowland
The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Narnia #5 (not on GR??)
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
I have read so far in November:
75. Curse 11/1/09
76. Something Borrowed 11/4/09
77. The Van Alen Legacy 11/6/09
78. J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter 11/8/09
79. Chosen 11/11/09
80. Untamed 11/15/09
81. Love in the Time of Cholera 11/19/09
82. Hunted 11/24/09
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